I disagree with the statement. The French Revolution was a period of time where great changes happened to France and generated profound effects. It was caused by many reasons, mainly the poor leadership of King Louis as he was indecisive and made many bad decisions that changed the course of France’s future. Moreover, he had inherited many problems of the previous kings and further aggravated the financial situation of France with his actions. Firstly, he had unintentionally caused the storming of the Bastilles, which in turn acted as a spring board for the revolution to turn violent and further develop. His poor leadership and indecisiveness caused him to listen to bad advice, spurring his decision to sending troops to Paris. By sending troops into Paris as a form of counter-revolution, King Louis raised the suspicion of the people in Paris and they were and afraid of the revolution being thwarted. Hence, this caused the storming of the Bastille which served as symbol of the end of tyranny and also a catalyst for the people to realize that they had the power to change things, inevitably resulting in King Louis’s loss of power. Had King Louis not send troops to Paris, the storming of the Bastilles which was a pivotal point in the French Revolution may not have happened and the revolution itself may not have carried on. Therefore, King Louis’s actions had profound effects to the French Revolution. Without him, the revolution would definitely not develop and thus, he was the main cause of the Revolution. Secondly, King Louis actions had contributed significantly to the financial crisis met by France. His poor leadership, as shown through his extravagant spending even though his country was in debt as well as his inability to alleviate the financial crisis, caused the revolution to occur. He had inherited the debts of his predecessors, resulting in a severe national debt. The Seven Year War with Britain as well as the American War had caused France to go into...

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...The world has seen many revolutions in history. One of the biggest
revolutions was the FrenchRevolution because it came with many consequences and
inﬂuences. Nothing else like this had ever happened this powerful to change the
political status quo. There are so many traces that suggest the cause of the revolution.
One of them is from Arthur Young’s Travels in France. “The confusion in the ﬁnances
great; with a deﬁcit impossible to provide for without the states-general of the kingdom.”
He is referring to the great gulf between the economic conditions of the poor and the
rich and the deﬁcit impossible to settle down due to mounting debts caused by the
Seven Years War and the participation in the American Revolutionary War. “A prince on
the throne, with excellent dispositions, but without the resources of a mind.” Although
King Louis was called a king, he really did not act like one; the ill advised use of the
state budget for trivial things, the slow decision making. The cost of affording a
respectable or even a sustained lifestyle had shot sky high with the rise in bread prices
and basic necessities.
“All taxes should be assessed on the same system throughout the
nation.” (The Cahiers: Discontents of the Third Estate) The working class was obliged to
pay heavy taxes to ﬁnance the government’s running. This obviously led to the feeling of
resentment within the middle...

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Long-Term Intellectual Causes
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...Assignment I: Causes of the FrenchRevolution
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